Las Posadas‚ or the accomodation‚ is a nine day period to represent The Virgin Mary’s nine months of pregnancy and her struggle to find a place to have baby Jesus. This holiday has been a tradition in Mexico for four hundred years. The nine day celebration was started by early friars that combined Spanish Catholicism with the Aztec celebration of the birth of their God. It is celebrated with beautiful Nativity scenes and huge feasts. The people dress up in costumes and reenact Las Posodas. Las Posadas
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La Llorona or the Crying woman is a legend that goes back century’s in the Mexican culture. Some of the earliest recorded sightings are legends of The Aztecs‚ who say that the goddess Cihuacoatl took the form of a woman dressed all in white and spent the nights weeping about the impending doom of the native people by the Spanish conquistidors. Later in a story reflecting the Greek story of Medea‚ a woman has children by the conquer Cortez’ and when he is called back to Spain and decides to take
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the 1991 film version of Beauty and the beast‚ produced by Walt Disney Pictures‚ is based on the French fairy tale where a beautiful woman falls deeply in love with a beast. The original‚ La Belle et la Bete was published in 1740 by Madame de Villeneuve‚ however‚ was then edited and rewritten by Madame Leprince de Beaumont in 1757. The tale has gone through many varied and imaginative incarnations‚ however‚ it still remains persistent with the themes of envy unrewarded‚ learning to love what may at
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Reading: 16-4 Bartolomé de Las Casas‚ From Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies‚ 1542 This reading is an account of the discovery of the Americas by Spanish Christians. It tells of the devastation of the many islands around Hispaniola and the mainland of what is now North America for forty-nine years. On the Spaniards arrival the Natives did no harm to them and believed them to be descended from the heavens. That was until the Spanish began to murder and torment them due to their greed
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ntroduction The purpose of this experiment was to use Iodine‚ Benedict and Biuret to test the reaction of the following 12 samples: 1% glucose‚ 0.3% glucose-1-phosphate‚ 1% maltose‚ honey‚ 1% sucrose‚ 1%lactose‚ 1% glycogen‚ 1% starch‚ protein‚ beer‚ distilled water and an unknown solution (test tube: 300). The iodine test for starch was to test how would starch reacted if we put iodine in it. The color of starch before the test was clear. The color of the iodine was brown. When you added iodine
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Who was Paul- Most important figure in early Christianity other then jesus. –his conversion to Christianity opened doors for the religion. –originally paul persecuted christians as blasphemers. He believed that christians perverted judaism by claiming christs divinity. - some time after christs crusifixian‚ paul converted. Jesus visited paul through a vision on the road to damasus. The vison temporarily blinded him and changed his perceptions on christians. – when recovered paul separated himself
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BUDDHISM Outcomes – P3 investigates religious traditions and belief systems P4 examines significant aspects of religious traditions P5 describes the influence of religious traditions in the life of adherents P6 selects and uses relevant information about religion from a variety of sources P7 undertakes effective research about religion‚ making appropriate use of time and resources P8 uses appropriate terminology related to religion and belief systems P9 effectively communicates information
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BUDDHIST TERMS Bodhisattva: is anyone who is motivated by compassion and seeks enlightenment not only for him/herself but also for everyone Dharma: The Universal Truth; The Teachings and the inner practice of the Teachings of Buddha Dhammapada: A sutra consisting of two sections and 39 chapters‚ with 423 short verses of the Buddha‚ teachings given at various times and places. It is regarded as the "original" teaching of the Buddha‚ which can be used for reference‚ moral instruction and inspiration
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“PROVEEDORES DE SERVICIO DE APLICACIONES” Proveedores de Servicios de Aplicaciones 1. Compare la experiencia de Thermos con un proveedor de servicios de aplicaciones con la de ResortCom. R// Según lo que se puede observar la empresa Thermos ha logrado disminuir sus costos por medio de la implementación de estos servicios ha logrado mejorar el servicio de distribución la administración de la empresa en si ha logrado desarrollar un sistema que brinda mayor control podemos observar
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Victoria University BAO3312 Final Exam Semester 2 2010 Exam Case The case study for the Final Exam is Las Ferreterias de Mexico. A copy of the case is available in WebCT. Exam Conditions Time: 15 minutes reading time +2.5 hours; Closed books and notes. You will be given a clean copy of the case in the examination. There are a couple of questions that require some calculations; therefore‚ a calculator will be allowed in the exam. These questions make up less than 10% of the Exam. Exam Questions‚
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